Arkose is typically grey to reddish in colour. The sand grains making up an arkose may range from fine to very coarse, but tend toward the coarser end of the scale. Fossils are rare in arkose, due to the depositional processes that form it, although bedding is frequently visible. Arkose is generally formed from the weathering of feldspar-rich igneous or metamorphic, most commonly granitic, rocks, which are primarily composed of quartz and feldspar (called 'grus' as a sand).
In 1978, the presence of haematopoietic stem cells is discovered in human cord blood cells. It was in 1981 when scientists Martin Evans, Matthew Kaufman and Gail R. Martin were able to derive embryonic stem cells (this term is attributed to Martin) out of the inner cell mass of a mouseâs blastocyst.
Stem Cells in Use. In 1968, doctors performed the first successful bone marrow transplant. Bone marrow contains somatic stem cells that can produce all of the different cell types that make up our blood. It is transplanted routinely to treat a variety of blood and bone marrow diseases, blood cancers, and immune disorders.